To:
S-16347 HUGH Mc DONALD WILLIAMSON,
2nd Bn CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.
KILLED IN ACTION 23rd APRIL 1915. Aged 25.
The Second Battle of Ypres.
Hill 60 & Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge.
Thursday 22 April – Friday 23 April
On 22nd April 1915 2nd Queens Own Cameron Highlanders are in the trenches at Hill 60
Hugh was the Son of Barbara McDonald Williamson, of 6, Craigton Rd, Govan, Glasgow, and the late Robert Williamson. As Hugh’s service number is prefixed by an “S” it denotes that he volunteered for war service and had not been a regular soldier. He entered France on 10th March and was sadly lost only six weeks later on 23rd April.
Like many many thousands of his comrades, Hugh’s body was lost without trace. He has no known grave and is Commemorated with Eternal Honour on The Menin Gate,Ypres, Belgium.
(Rupert Brooke the famous war poet died on this same day.)
A Remarkably complete and ever rarer group. Hugh was a young Goven lad from Glasgow. His group has survived totally intact and is in mint state with its plaque, commemorative scroll, glengarry & collar dog badges with a full length uniformed studio photograph of him. The scroll, which is crisp and clean, has been very slightly trimmed by about 1/2” at top & bottom having once been framed.
A CLASSIC & FULLY COMPLETE ”HILL 60” (2nd CAMERON HIGHLANDERS) CASUALTY ASSEMBLY FIT FOR INCLUSION IN THE FINEST SCOTS COLLECTION.
£795